China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions
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中国远洋捕鱼船队被指在印度洋海域存在割取鲨鱼鳍的行为，导致鲨鱼数量自1970年以来减少超70%。美国生物多样性中心已提交请愿书，要求美国政府依据《禁止保护法》对中国实施制裁。若认定中国违反标准，美国总统可能禁止进口价值15亿美元的中国海产品。
For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in the Indian Ocean isn’t accidental. It’s an intentional and lucrative act that marks the start of a bloody half-a-billion-dollar offshore supply chain, tacitly supported by Beijing yet covertly concealed from port inspectors globally.
The Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit focused on the protection of endangered species, filed a formal petition this month requesting the U.S. government potentially sanction China for failing to meet American shark conservation standards. Shark populations have declined by more than 70 percent since 1970, with more than one-third of all shark and ray species now threatened with extinction. Yet each year, Chinese-flagged vessels catch, brutally fin, and discard thousands.
Should the National Marine Fisheries Service identify China as having violated the US Moratorium Protection Act, then President Trump could be expected to ban the import of all $1.5 billion of Chinese seafood.
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